The Other ANZACs explained

The Other ANZACs
Author:	Peter Rees
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Subject:	Military history, World War I
Published:	2008 (Allen & Unwin)
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	363
Isbn:	9781741755497
Oclc:	769489074

The Other ANZACs: Nurses at War 1914-1918 is a 2008 history book by Peter Rees. It is about the involvement of Australian and New Zealand nurses overseas during World War I, especially at Gallipoli and the Western Front. It is the basis for the 2014 ABC television series ANZAC Girls.

To tie in with the television series it was reissued in 2014 under the title ANZAC Girls.

Contents

Author's note

Introduction

Gallipoli

The Marquette

The Western Front

Australian World War I nurses honour roll

New Zealand World War I nurses honour roll

Notes

Bibliogryaphy

Acknowledgements

Index

Publication history

• • 2008, The Other ANZACs: Nurses at War 1914-1918, Australia, Allen & Unwin 2014, Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story of World War One Nurses, Australia, Allen & Unwin

Reception

A review on H-Net of The Other ANZACs called it "a wonderful book",^[1] and a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald found it a "profoundly moving book" that "tells an unforgettable story of the courage of Australian and New Zealand nurses in World War I."^[2]

It was shortlisted for the 2009 ACT Book of the Year.^[3]

The 2014 ABC television series ANZAC Girls is based on this book.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nurses from Down Under go to the Front in World War I . Katherine Burger Johnson . November 2010 . h-net.org . H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online . 10 September 2019.
2. News: Robert Wilson . 12 September 2014 . Book Review: Anzac Girls, By Peter Rees . The Sydney Morning Herald . 10 September 2019.
3. Web site: ACT Book of the Year 2009 . library.act.gov.au . ACT Government . 10 September 2019.
4. Web site: Anzac Girls: a TV history of Gallipoli that focuses on women . Eleanor Robertson . 21 April 2015 . . 10 September 2019.